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evacuated at least partially due to sandy. how long are we going to continue to feel the effects of sandy. >> a little bit in those areas but not as bad as yesterday and people saying lake erie was at the highest levels of off of cleveland they've ever seen and people that lived on the lake for 80 years that it was the most ferocious and rough they've ever seen it and, yeah, it's crippling -- i mean and now it's snowing this morning with 50-mile-per-hour winds in ohio, ohio, the storm came on shore in new jersey, it's one for the record books and i'm sure i'll never seen one like this again. >> a lot are talking about the political implications of the storm which we will talk much more about, yeah, tomorrow. bill, thank you so much and bill is continuing to be with us throughout these early morning hours and we've talked about widespread flooding and so many states. wnbc's brent gigg rchl ichlging >> reporter: we're in a hotel lobby stranded. before high tide the water came gushing in. let me give you a little light. this is w
evacuated at least partially due to sandy. how long are we going to continue to feel the effects of sandy. >> a little bit in those areas but not as bad as yesterday and people saying lake erie was at the highest levels of off of cleveland they've ever seen and people that lived on the lake for 80 years that it was the most ferocious and rough they've ever seen it and, yeah, it's crippling -- i mean and now it's snowing this morning with 50-mile-per-hour winds in ohio, ohio, the storm...
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the coverage for a while before, during and after sandy, especially after sandy has been very favorable to president obama. you would think that's going to help, and it's still going on. having chris christie as a de facto unintentional surrogate doesn't seem to hurt obama one bit. it probably seems to help him. >> what is so interesting, you said chris christie, de facto endorser of obama. you've got this new article exclusive from politico saying there were people on governor romney's team who believed that chris kri city was the vp choice almost until the very ending, and surprise it's ryan. isn't the timing interesting? >> it's a little too interesting. look, there are two ways to react. governor christie says i'm doing my job. the president is doing his job. we're working together and i'm being honest. you have to respect that. look at two different examples. haley barbour who went through katrina in mississippi says that's absolutely what governor christy ought to say, he is doing what he has to do and get off his back. and you have the underground voices of the romney campaign wh
the coverage for a while before, during and after sandy, especially after sandy has been very favorable to president obama. you would think that's going to help, and it's still going on. having chris christie as a de facto unintentional surrogate doesn't seem to hurt obama one bit. it probably seems to help him. >> what is so interesting, you said chris christie, de facto endorser of obama. you've got this new article exclusive from politico saying there were people on governor romney's...
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. >>> this is d-day with hurricane sandy. waves are growing ever more om nis and the threat of storm surges from 4 to 11 feet high. this is the scene about 100 miles north of boston. hundreds of thousands have been told to evacuate in coastal a areas all the way into new england. the storm claimed 65 lives in the caribbean and has the potential to paralyze new york and other big cities. early this morning president obama has signed emergency declarations for connecticut, pennsylvania and rhode island, clearing the way for help from fema. let's get right to bill karins who has the latest forecast. what do you have? >> the storm has strengthened instead of 75 so that's very impressive that this storm continues to lower its pressure, even going over the cooler waters now and it's only about 386 miles away from new york city. it's actually moving at a pretty decent clip at 15 miles per hour so it's going to move in in a hurry. a lot of people are waking up looking outside. maybe it's not raining where you are and not that breezy
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but the coverage of sandy has been positive for the president. even on local television, as i had mentioned, the coverage is relative lly positive for president obama. >> thanks to both of you who have been on the ground in ohio. back to the final jobs report, let's talk about that. the economy adding a better than expected 171,000 jobs in october. but the unemployment rate kicked up to 7.9%. some of the president's core voting groups still have a double unemployment rate, the african-american voting race. greg, if u.s. economic senator for the economist, jim, let me start with you been what's your take away from this report? what does it tell us about the status of the jobs market? >> well, it tells us that the jobs market is getting better. it's not getting better nearly fast enough for the 12 million merps who want to find work but can't. but the pace of the recovery appears to be picking up. this is good news. we're seeing increases in the creation rate for private sector employment. we're seeing some sectors, like housing and construction st
but the coverage of sandy has been positive for the president. even on local television, as i had mentioned, the coverage is relative lly positive for president obama. >> thanks to both of you who have been on the ground in ohio. back to the final jobs report, let's talk about that. the economy adding a better than expected 171,000 jobs in october. but the unemployment rate kicked up to 7.9%. some of the president's core voting groups still have a double unemployment rate, the...
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thanks for that. >> sandy is just about done with us in new york. now she's taking aim at the midwest. chicago airport delays are stacking up. 60-mile-per-hour hours and 25-foot waves from lake michigan are bearing down the on the windy city. we continue to follow the blizzard conditions in parts of west virginia. nbc meteorologist dylan dreyer is back with us strtracking it . >> the same storm is bringing snowfall to west virginia, and the wind gusts just to the south coast beaches of lake erie and portions through the great lakes region, we are certainly dealing with wind gusts still on the order of 30 to 40 miles per hour. the waves have been churned out. i'm getting tons of pictures sent in from lake erie especially. it's looking more like an ocean rather than just a great lake. this is a huge storm. we're also talking about those blizzard conditions back across west virginia. winds are now starting to ease a little bit, and the snow we saw across southern ohio is starting to transition back over into some rain. so it is back over to just the mo
thanks for that. >> sandy is just about done with us in new york. now she's taking aim at the midwest. chicago airport delays are stacking up. 60-mile-per-hour hours and 25-foot waves from lake michigan are bearing down the on the windy city. we continue to follow the blizzard conditions in parts of west virginia. nbc meteorologist dylan dreyer is back with us strtracking it . >> the same storm is bringing snowfall to west virginia, and the wind gusts just to the south coast beaches...
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our continuing coverage of hurricane sandy is coming up. stay with us. >>> sandy hits the shore. the latest, up next. sandy set to make landfall somewhere near atlantic city, new jersey, within the hour. people up and down the east coast are feeling the effects of sandy's powerful gusts and rain. with the harshest impact hitting the shores of new jersey and connecticut. joining me now here in atlanta is retired lieutenant general russel. he coordinated military relief efforts for hurricane katrina. general, thanks for being here. >> good to be with you, al. >> tell me, what are you seeing as this storm slams into the new jersey coast? >> i think this is another history making moment. we're watching history be made and recording it. because of the size of the storm and the enormous amount of population underneath that storm as it come ashore, we are riding the bar for how we will respond and prepare for storms like this in the future. again, my biggest concern is the elderly, disabled, and poor people who did not evacuate and right now their lights are going out and they may not b
our continuing coverage of hurricane sandy is coming up. stay with us. >>> sandy hits the shore. the latest, up next. sandy set to make landfall somewhere near atlantic city, new jersey, within the hour. people up and down the east coast are feeling the effects of sandy's powerful gusts and rain. with the harshest impact hitting the shores of new jersey and connecticut. joining me now here in atlanta is retired lieutenant general russel. he coordinated military relief efforts for...
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you're watching msnbc's continuing coverage of hurricane sandy. at this hour sandy is now a category 1 hurricane packing winds estimated at 75 miles per hour. even though this hurricane is not expected to make its official landfall until late tomorrow night or early tuesday morning, sandy's outer bands are already beginning to batter the outer banks of north carolina. i'm thomas roberts here in new york. we appreciate you spending time with us. we have full team coverage this afternoon and through this evening of what is shaping up to be an historic storm. we have reporters stationed up and down the eastern coastline tracking hurricane sandy's path. we'll be getting to all of them in a moment. the very latest enough from president obama who is officially off the campaign trail just wrapping up a stop at fema headquarters in washington, d.c. a short time ago. the president was briefed by fema's regional directors and then he addressed the american people. >> it's going to be very important that populations in all the impacted states take this serio
you're watching msnbc's continuing coverage of hurricane sandy. at this hour sandy is now a category 1 hurricane packing winds estimated at 75 miles per hour. even though this hurricane is not expected to make its official landfall until late tomorrow night or early tuesday morning, sandy's outer bands are already beginning to batter the outer banks of north carolina. i'm thomas roberts here in new york. we appreciate you spending time with us. we have full team coverage this afternoon and...
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sandy's path devastated miles of shoreline and major communities. officials in nine states are reporting 44 deaths related to the storm. 23 of those here in the state of new york. it's estimated to cost between $30 and $50 billion. you only need to look at the images of the flooding to see why. a 14-foot storm surge in lower manhattan roadways were overflowing. tunnels filled with water. streets were submerged. most of lower manhattan continues to be without power at this hour. the new york city subway system is still not running as workers deal with the flooded tunnels and the effects of salt water. the underground path train connecting new york to new jersey is still washed out. this photo captures the peak hour of flooding at the world trade center construction site. a six alarm inferno raised in breezy point. more than 80 homes were burned beyond repair. more than 100 homes were damaged. amazingly, there were no fatalities. may r your michael bloomberg said there were at least 23 fires throughout new york, including this one. you're watching an
sandy's path devastated miles of shoreline and major communities. officials in nine states are reporting 44 deaths related to the storm. 23 of those here in the state of new york. it's estimated to cost between $30 and $50 billion. you only need to look at the images of the flooding to see why. a 14-foot storm surge in lower manhattan roadways were overflowing. tunnels filled with water. streets were submerged. most of lower manhattan continues to be without power at this hour. the new york...
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even before sandy. from these rising sea levels and increase intensity storms. >> so coral, where does the conflict come from, then, within the scientific community? because it seems like there are two camps on the legitimacy of climate change. >> the journal -- the national academy of sciences, the journal, proceedings of the national academy of sciences took a survey of scientists who work on this a couple of years ago, and there was agreement among 97% of scientists that fossil fuel emissions from human activity lead to global warming. are warming the atmosphere. that's an incredibly high consensus. so it's 97% in agreement. 3% in disagreement. at this consensus. at this point the scientific consensus is very, very strong that burning coal and oil and fossil fuels is warming the planet and leading to these extreme weather situations. >> so, this question really, then, is directed to the 3% of scientists as we look at the latest cover of "business week" it speaks for itself, coral, we had new york cit
even before sandy. from these rising sea levels and increase intensity storms. >> so coral, where does the conflict come from, then, within the scientific community? because it seems like there are two camps on the legitimacy of climate change. >> the journal -- the national academy of sciences, the journal, proceedings of the national academy of sciences took a survey of scientists who work on this a couple of years ago, and there was agreement among 97% of scientists that fossil...
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here's the latest on sandy's devastating impact. the storm has been blamed for at least 38 deaths so far. there's new video this afternoon showing the massive destruction along the new jersey shore. governor chris christie called the impact on his state unthinkable and said it would take months to recover. the storm swept houses from their foundation and left parts of the coast under water. new york city also dealing with devastating floods. the subway remains closed after damage to the system was called the worst in its 108-year history. meanwhile, massive fire in a beachfront neighborhood in queens, new york, destroyed nearly 100 homes overnight and into the morning. firefighters have been blocked from getting to the fire due to the high floodwaters. and as we told you yesterday, a construction crane that collapsed due to high winds remain dang top a 74-floor luxury high rise, thousands were ordered to leave nearby buildings. nearly 8 million homes are still without power today across 20 states. the worst of it is in new york, new
here's the latest on sandy's devastating impact. the storm has been blamed for at least 38 deaths so far. there's new video this afternoon showing the massive destruction along the new jersey shore. governor chris christie called the impact on his state unthinkable and said it would take months to recover. the storm swept houses from their foundation and left parts of the coast under water. new york city also dealing with devastating floods. the subway remains closed after damage to the system...
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>>> we continue 20 track hurricane sandy. we're getting word of more travelle shutdowns in new york city. they're closing the holland and brooklyn battery tunnels. boston is shutting down its transit system at 2:00 this afternoon. these are the latest satellite images you're looking at. that storm moving northwest at 20 miles per hour. sandy is bringing snow, and we're getting the first pictures of that in now. these are from huntington, west virginia, sandy's prompted blizzard warnings throughout that state. we'll keep you poetsed throughout the day on msnbc. that wraps up this hour of jansing and kp. >> the agenda next hour, minutes away from the national center's latest update on hurricane sandy. this bizarre monster storm continues to intensify and spin in the atlantic. 12 states declare emergencies instructing millions to seek safer and higher ground. meanwhile, the president is off the campaign trail returning to washington to monitor the storm, oversee emergency operations and the national response by fema. meanwhile,
>>> we continue 20 track hurricane sandy. we're getting word of more travelle shutdowns in new york city. they're closing the holland and brooklyn battery tunnels. boston is shutting down its transit system at 2:00 this afternoon. these are the latest satellite images you're looking at. that storm moving northwest at 20 miles per hour. sandy is bringing snow, and we're getting the first pictures of that in now. these are from huntington, west virginia, sandy's prompted blizzard...
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>> sandy is going to be more than anything else a nuisance today. people wanting to get out of their houses, people who want to start this cleanup, getting power back on, they want to see the crews rolling into their towns. the storm is just still too big, and it still hasn't moved all that much. it moved inland about 12 hours ago, it's still in pennsylvania, it's not one of those storms in and out in a hurry. it's going to linger all day today, we can't get the helicopters up to see how bad the damage is in some areas, it's still too windy. look at the size of this storm. it is cloudy all the way to the hudson bay, down to north georgia, the clouds have pushed down through south carolina. and now we have rain all the way from maine in this green rain and band goes all the way back to the portions of the ohio valley into kentucky. now, here's the cruel part. there's a lot of cold air rotating around what once was a hurricane. someone told me they said to me on twitter, eight hours after the storm made landfall, we had snow in eight different states.
>> sandy is going to be more than anything else a nuisance today. people wanting to get out of their houses, people who want to start this cleanup, getting power back on, they want to see the crews rolling into their towns. the storm is just still too big, and it still hasn't moved all that much. it moved inland about 12 hours ago, it's still in pennsylvania, it's not one of those storms in and out in a hurry. it's going to linger all day today, we can't get the helicopters up to see how...
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sandy's having a real real local impact on ohio residents' lives. but sandy's march through ohio also has a national impact because ohio, of course, is the most crucial of all the swing states. ohio, for example-s big on early voting. they camp out for it there. as sandy approached, ohio counties reported even heavier than usual early voting, with people rushing to cast their ballots ahead of the storm. lots of things are amazing about ohio's politics, but frankly, what i find most amazing in ohio this year is the way the romney campaign is choosing to close out their campaign there. remember when mr. romney campaigned on that flat out lie that president obama's getting rid of a work requirement for welfare, even though president obama did no such thing? well, now mr. romney is back with a new ad in ohio with that same old lie about welfare. they brought it back for the end of the campaign. romney campaign sent senator norm coleman from minnesota to ohio to tell voters there that mitt romney had no intention of overturning roe versus wade even thoug
sandy's having a real real local impact on ohio residents' lives. but sandy's march through ohio also has a national impact because ohio, of course, is the most crucial of all the swing states. ohio, for example-s big on early voting. they camp out for it there. as sandy approached, ohio counties reported even heavier than usual early voting, with people rushing to cast their ballots ahead of the storm. lots of things are amazing about ohio's politics, but frankly, what i find most amazing in...
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the current radar for hurricane sandy. a live update on the forecast track coming your way at the top of the hour. of course, local and federal officials are warning people in the storm's path that today is the last day to prepare. right now, nine states and washington, d.c. are under a state of emergency, rhode island is the latest on the list. thousands are evacuating coastal areas, shelters opening up, and hundreds of power crews are on the move at this hour. heading to the east coast from as far away as illinois and alabama. joining me now is fema director craig few gai craig fugate. put into perspective the enormity of the preparations are we have a hurricane, a blizzard, an inland flood threat and a gale into one storm. covering all of the northeastern united states, a lot of preparation, a lot of areas, and particularly today, starting to see more risk from storam surge developing and evacuation required in certain coastal community. >> with regard to fema, where are you positioned with the enormity of the geography
the current radar for hurricane sandy. a live update on the forecast track coming your way at the top of the hour. of course, local and federal officials are warning people in the storm's path that today is the last day to prepare. right now, nine states and washington, d.c. are under a state of emergency, rhode island is the latest on the list. thousands are evacuating coastal areas, shelters opening up, and hundreds of power crews are on the move at this hour. heading to the east coast from...
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right now we are in the aftermath period of this superstorm, sandy. how do you feel in terms of dealing with the aftermath, describing those explosions, these ongoing worries. before we get to rebuilding, rescuing people, taking care of continuing damage right now. how would you assess the response and the coordination between the federal government, the state government, municipalities. how are we doing? >> i think we're doing very well. i mean, you heard the president, and i have to say that i think his response has been terrific, really. and it's been coordinated, unlike some of what happened in katrina. and you heard, you know, governor christie, who's a republican, with president obama, working together. and that's how it's been, from the president to the governor, all the way down to the county and the towns. so one of the things that i did today, in fact, i was just on the phone before i came in here, was talk to fema about trying to get an office and a staff person in various parts of the district that i viewed today, and they're working on it
right now we are in the aftermath period of this superstorm, sandy. how do you feel in terms of dealing with the aftermath, describing those explosions, these ongoing worries. before we get to rebuilding, rescuing people, taking care of continuing damage right now. how would you assess the response and the coordination between the federal government, the state government, municipalities. how are we doing? >> i think we're doing very well. i mean, you heard the president, and i have to say...
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all throughout the day with coverage of sandy. meantime, nbc meteorologist dialen dryer is back with the very latest of the forecast track. dylan, another good morning to you. >> thanks, alex. good morning. we are looking at this storm as a weakening storm system right now, but that does not change the characteristics. it is still a very strong tropical storm, and there's a good chance it is going to strengthen back into a category 1 hurricane as we go into monday. right now it has sustained winds at 70 miles per hour. it is still moving to the north/northeast. and it is going to follow this path, parallel to the eastern seaboard. all the way until monday. monday night, in fact. that's when it is going to take that turn to the northwest. the outer bands of rain, light rain, across the shores of south carolina and moving up into north carolina. we will see this storm actually get sandwiched between these two systems. cold front stalled to our west and an area of high pressure to our north and east. the storm then is going to go bet
all throughout the day with coverage of sandy. meantime, nbc meteorologist dialen dryer is back with the very latest of the forecast track. dylan, another good morning to you. >> thanks, alex. good morning. we are looking at this storm as a weakening storm system right now, but that does not change the characteristics. it is still a very strong tropical storm, and there's a good chance it is going to strengthen back into a category 1 hurricane as we go into monday. right now it has...
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nasa image of hurricane sandy as seen from up there. the storm stretches about 900 miles across the atlantic. well, we've talked about the possibility of recounts, contested ballots, even the chance of an electoral college tie. but of all the things that could impact the election, i don't think we knew that its name would be sandy. well, the messy weather also make messy politics, messy election day, let's bring in our super panel for the week. we're kicking it off with dee dee myers, republican admaker kim alfano and clarence page, columnist for "the chicago tribune." he gets to be in the jump seat there. so clarence, i'm going to start with you. this is our october surprise. do you have a feeling either way about what does this mean for the campaign eight days from now? >> i think this will obviously put a lot of attention on president obama to see how he responds to it. that's the main thing. we expect presidents to be able to take care of managerial tasks like this. we saw what kind of an impact the fema letdown had after hurricane
nasa image of hurricane sandy as seen from up there. the storm stretches about 900 miles across the atlantic. well, we've talked about the possibility of recounts, contested ballots, even the chance of an electoral college tie. but of all the things that could impact the election, i don't think we knew that its name would be sandy. well, the messy weather also make messy politics, messy election day, let's bring in our super panel for the week. we're kicking it off with dee dee myers,...
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sandy's bands where still whipping up. we've had very strong gusts anywhere between 60 and 70 miles an hour. at newark it was clocked at about 70 miles an hour so i would certainly say in this area, we're seeing that. we're also seeing just the sky light up across the way over to jersey city. you know, their power and transformers are stationed are impacted by the storm and we've seen that time and time again and we're feeling one of these gusts right now. pretty powerful yet. lower manhattan flooding in some areas and we've had reports of flooding and the brooklyn battery tunnel that some water has gushed into that area as well. so it is a certainly, not over yet. tonight we're hoping that the mayor is correct and that the worst is behind us. but also, some of the damage that's already been done and it could take some time to get lower manhattan, as well as the transit system and all that back up and running. >> michelle, we were showing a picture of flooding at the construction site at ground zero down there in lower man
sandy's bands where still whipping up. we've had very strong gusts anywhere between 60 and 70 miles an hour. at newark it was clocked at about 70 miles an hour so i would certainly say in this area, we're seeing that. we're also seeing just the sky light up across the way over to jersey city. you know, their power and transformers are stationed are impacted by the storm and we've seen that time and time again and we're feeling one of these gusts right now. pretty powerful yet. lower manhattan...
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that might not have been the case, had sandy not come along. when we look at the election from 20 or 30 years from now we will remember sandy, but we'll remember more the overall contours the fact that this is a country extremely divided on very basic issues. >> a country extremely divided, it doesn't get closer than susan page, your final gallup swing state poll. let's look at your numbers. >> this is our 11th in a series of polls, of 12 swing states we've done over the past year. in our final poll, 48-48 among likely voters. that shows some resurgence by president obama in the poll we did in early october. weighs down four among likely voters. he's regained the support of women voters, some of whom he lost in that first presidential debate. we see him making up the lost ground from the debates in the final weeks of campaigning. but man, 48-48 among likely voters who could call a contest like this one? >> when you talk about the gender gap, he has in your poll in the swing states at least, president obama has a huge, 26-point gender gap with w
that might not have been the case, had sandy not come along. when we look at the election from 20 or 30 years from now we will remember sandy, but we'll remember more the overall contours the fact that this is a country extremely divided on very basic issues. >> a country extremely divided, it doesn't get closer than susan page, your final gallup swing state poll. let's look at your numbers. >> this is our 11th in a series of polls, of 12 swing states we've done over the past year....
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throws a desperate hail mary, president obama is hanging with katy perry and the latest on how hurricane sandy is affecting early voting in ohio. this is "the ed show." let's get to work. >> we know what change looks like. >> three days and the obama campaign is pumped. the romney campaign is still playing with shiny objects. >> did you see what president obama said today? he asked his supporters to vote for revenge. >> alex wagner and michael steel on a huge day on the campaign trail. >>> early voting rages on in ohio. state senator nina turner has the latest as the righties continue to delewd themselves about the buckeye state. >> mitt romney will win ohio and he's going to win ohio easily. >> i think ohio is going to be a squeaker, maybe 80, 110,000 vote margin but i think the republicans are likely to take it. >> bob strom is here and he'll set the record straight. >> an bill clinton continues to slam the door on romney in the state of virginia. >> if you really believe we're all in this together, re-elect president obama. >> as katy perry lights up the badger state. >>> good to have you w
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he will continue to monitor sandy in the coming days. and alex, those are the changes that we know about so far. i would not be surprised if we have a number of changes on the horizon as both president obama and mitt romney monitor this storm and its effects. alex? >> well, the president, he was doing some interviews yesterday. he did a lot of them. and it's going from local market to local market that way. what's he saying? >> reporter: well, alex, a number of things that we've sort of gleaned from these interviews that he did. he is reaching out to young voters, to women voters, to independents. one of his key messages, though, is for folks to get out and vote early. this is what he said to our colorado affiliate yesterday. take a listen. >> i've fought for middle class families in colorado and all across the country. that's the kind of president i think you want. and i'm looking forward to having the privilege to serving another four years. a lot of it's going to depend on colorado, so i hope everybody takes advantage of early vote in
he will continue to monitor sandy in the coming days. and alex, those are the changes that we know about so far. i would not be surprised if we have a number of changes on the horizon as both president obama and mitt romney monitor this storm and its effects. alex? >> well, the president, he was doing some interviews yesterday. he did a lot of them. and it's going from local market to local market that way. what's he saying? >> reporter: well, alex, a number of things that we've...
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but first, the aftermath of hurricane sandy, today janet napolitano will travel to meet with new jersey state officials. long lines continue at gas stations as the state enters his second day of rationing. richard lui is live for us. how about this rationing system? is it actually working? >> reporter: it is so far. good day to you. they haven't seen a rationing system in this since gerald ford in the 1970s. it's really simple. on an even day, even-numbered license plates can come and get gasoline. on norm people with odd number license plates, that's when you get gas. what is in question for some is what if you have a gas canister. this is what happened earlier today. >> call the cop. why are you shutting it off? >> you got to give me gas. >> reporter: that was a conflict earlier here. the gas station owners that wasst that's up to them whether they'd allow canisters to be filled. it's a tough choice. there's a million people right now that don't have electricity in the state. they use that gas to run that. the line here, about an hour and a half. three people who had odd-numbered lice
but first, the aftermath of hurricane sandy, today janet napolitano will travel to meet with new jersey state officials. long lines continue at gas stations as the state enters his second day of rationing. richard lui is live for us. how about this rationing system? is it actually working? >> reporter: it is so far. good day to you. they haven't seen a rationing system in this since gerald ford in the 1970s. it's really simple. on an even day, even-numbered license plates can come and get...
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peter's square to pray for victims of hurricane sandy. the storm already responsible for 60 deaths in the caribbean as it is making its way toward the u.s. mainland. and japanese anti-nuclear protesters are getting in their halloween spirit. costumes like the grim reaper and frankenstein were meant to draw attention to their cause. got some breaking news we want to pass along to you right now with regards to hurricane sandy. am trtrak announcing it will be canceling most train service for monday throughout the northeast, ahead of hurricane sandy. a number of airports, a number of airlines have already done the same thing. we of course continue to keep a very close eye on the massive storm. which stretches more than 800 miles from the east coast to the great lakes, sandy could bring record flooding along with heavy wind. heavy rain. power outages of course. a mandatory evacuation has already been ordered for the low-lying parts. many of the low-lying parts of new york city. nbc's michelle franzen joining me live from lower manhattan. miche
peter's square to pray for victims of hurricane sandy. the storm already responsible for 60 deaths in the caribbean as it is making its way toward the u.s. mainland. and japanese anti-nuclear protesters are getting in their halloween spirit. costumes like the grim reaper and frankenstein were meant to draw attention to their cause. got some breaking news we want to pass along to you right now with regards to hurricane sandy. am trtrak announcing it will be canceling most train service for...
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new york's power utility called sandy the worst natural disaster in its 180-year hisity. also new today, 80% of subway service is now restored. several lines are running again. more will come back on line today. now to the situation out on the roads, nbc's katie tour is live at a gas station on new york city's west side fours. she's been keeping an close eye on the lines all day today. there we go. get you all centered up. how do they look right now? are we any better since the last hour, katie? >> reporter: yeah, it's a little bit better. the gas station is getting sick of the media they wanted me to come two feet forward on the sidewalk which is public property. good news for this station that is getting a ton of publicity for this. this gas truck right here just arrived which means they can start pumping in just a moment. they have been stopped since 10:00 this morning. they started filling up at 5:00 a.m. and within five hours they went totally dry. that's what you're seeing across new york and across new jersey. in new york they've just instituted new rules. they've
new york's power utility called sandy the worst natural disaster in its 180-year hisity. also new today, 80% of subway service is now restored. several lines are running again. more will come back on line today. now to the situation out on the roads, nbc's katie tour is live at a gas station on new york city's west side fours. she's been keeping an close eye on the lines all day today. there we go. get you all centered up. how do they look right now? are we any better since the last hour,...
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. >> hurricane sandy bearing down on the entire eastern seaboard. >> bearing down on 60 million people across at least a dozen states. >> from delaware to north carolina. new york and new jersey. >> this was a devastating storm. >> in atlantic city part of the famous boardwalk has washed away. >> ground zero, floodwaters rushing into the construction site. >> many homes completely covered. >> massive six-alarm fire in new york's borough of queens. >> 3 feet of snow in parts of west virginia. >> 7.8 million people without power. >> flights are canceled. subways are shut down. >> the federal government is closed. the new york stock exchange is closed. >> we're a week from election day. >> just seven days to go. >> i don't give a damn about election day. >> this storm is not yet over. >> the president has been all over this, and he deserves great credit. >> the election will take care of itself. >> i will tell you, this administration could give a damn less about election day. >> they talked about people having a hard time. >> governor romney did attend an event in ohio. >> why ohio? why
. >> hurricane sandy bearing down on the entire eastern seaboard. >> bearing down on 60 million people across at least a dozen states. >> from delaware to north carolina. new york and new jersey. >> this was a devastating storm. >> in atlantic city part of the famous boardwalk has washed away. >> ground zero, floodwaters rushing into the construction site. >> many homes completely covered. >> massive six-alarm fire in new york's borough of queens....
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now hurricane sandy. sandy, what kind of name is that? are you a dude storm or a lady storm? oh, big surprise. just when obama needs a boost, who shows up but a gender-ambiguous weather system, a category 5 bi-hurricane. hey, don't get me wrong. i don't mind you being a meteorological event, but why must you be so flamboyant and in my face about it? no. i'm hurricane sandy. deal with me. >> oh, my gosh. up next, bill karins calls it the storm of a lifetime. for many living along the east coast as millions are still trying to recover from hurricane sandy. this week's "time" cover tackles the impact of the storm along with special election coverage. rick stengel is next to reveal the new issue. "morning joe" returns in just a moment. [ man ] ring ring... progresso this reduced sodium soup says it may help lower cholesterol, how does it work? you just have to eat it as part of your heart healthy diet. step 1. eat the soup. all those veggies and beans, that's what may help lower your cholesterol and -- well that's easy [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. with
now hurricane sandy. sandy, what kind of name is that? are you a dude storm or a lady storm? oh, big surprise. just when obama needs a boost, who shows up but a gender-ambiguous weather system, a category 5 bi-hurricane. hey, don't get me wrong. i don't mind you being a meteorological event, but why must you be so flamboyant and in my face about it? no. i'm hurricane sandy. deal with me. >> oh, my gosh. up next, bill karins calls it the storm of a lifetime. for many living along the east...
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we're keeping a close eye on hurricane sandy. it's making its presence known along the eastern seaboard. it has a long way to go before it's gone. the center of the storm is expected to be along the mid-atlantic coast. outages are expected to impact hls of residents on the east coast. airlines have already canceled thousands of flights with more expected. let's bring in meteorologist bill karins with the latest on the track of the storm. >> the hurricane center just gave us their brand new 2:00 a.m. advisory. keeping it a hurricane. 75 mile per hour winds. the storm is no longer heading to the east. it's heading due north and is starting to take that hook back to the left. taking it towards new jersey, new york city and southern new england. a heavy band of rain remains along the coast much as we go throughout the morning hours, the heavy rain will spread further inland to the washington, d.c., baltimore area and eventually towards new york city and philadelphia. winds are still in the 30 to 40 miles per hour range along the coas
we're keeping a close eye on hurricane sandy. it's making its presence known along the eastern seaboard. it has a long way to go before it's gone. the center of the storm is expected to be along the mid-atlantic coast. outages are expected to impact hls of residents on the east coast. airlines have already canceled thousands of flights with more expected. let's bring in meteorologist bill karins with the latest on the track of the storm. >> the hurricane center just gave us their brand...
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and then hurricane sandy hit. on tuesday romney will try to unseat an incumbent president, he's trying to knock a party out of power after just one term. while the president is targeting each part of his coalition with a handful of small arguments, romney is counting on winning the large one. >> he made a lot of promises, but those promises he couldn't keep. and the difference between us, he made promises he couldn't keep, i'm making promises i have kept and i will keep them for the american people. >> so where does that leave us? the two campaigns believe passionately in two different realities. the president obama campaign believes the countries demographics have changed the etor roert in your favor. the romney campaign believes you have the momentum to swing over. it's possible we are headed for a 50/50 split. it all comes down to nine states or seven or five? whatever the result. polarization is hardening. the house has changed hands three times in the last two decades. two of those times have been in the last
and then hurricane sandy hit. on tuesday romney will try to unseat an incumbent president, he's trying to knock a party out of power after just one term. while the president is targeting each part of his coalition with a handful of small arguments, romney is counting on winning the large one. >> he made a lot of promises, but those promises he couldn't keep. and the difference between us, he made promises he couldn't keep, i'm making promises i have kept and i will keep them for the...
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you're writing, gene, will hurricane sandy be our wake-up call? you walk to talk through that a little bit? >> yeah. i'm writing about climate change. and scientists have been telling us for two decades or more that one of the impacts of climate change is going to be to make the weather less predictable, more volatile, and we're going to see storms of the size we haven't seen before and in places we haven't seen before. some years will be fewer and some years it will be more, but it makes the weather crazy. look at what's happening. you know, i covered hurricane katrina. and i'm seeing scenes this week that i thought i would never see again in my lifetime that i saw in katrina. this is just extraordinary, and it's heartbreaking. and we need to wake up and deal with the fact that the weather is different now. and places like new york are going to need a different level of protection, you know, in rotterdam and in london, they have this huge surge barriers to prevent this sort of thing from happening. you can say you don't need it, but guess what, i
you're writing, gene, will hurricane sandy be our wake-up call? you walk to talk through that a little bit? >> yeah. i'm writing about climate change. and scientists have been telling us for two decades or more that one of the impacts of climate change is going to be to make the weather less predictable, more volatile, and we're going to see storms of the size we haven't seen before and in places we haven't seen before. some years will be fewer and some years it will be more, but it makes...
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hurricane sandy, a super storm as described this could affect more than 50 million people along the east coast. we've got all of this covered, including the political ramifications of the storm, in the coming days as we are just nine days to go until the election. i want to go live first to asbury park on the new jersey shore where nbc's al roker will take us through the latest. g including, al, what you were talking about yesterday, which is we could see the aftereffects of the storm right through di election day. >> exactly, david. this is a monster storm. right now it's about 260 miles south-southeast of cape hatteras.w, but it's also about 395 miles east of new york city. it is a sprawling ceremony. the tropical storm-force winds extend out about 500 miles from the center of the storm. so the storm is 1,000 miles in diameter. it's making its way along the coast. right now it's a category 1 storm. it's going to continue to parallel the coast for the next 24 hours. then sometime late monday night, early tuesday morning, the path of the storm will bring it onshore, somewhere in central
hurricane sandy, a super storm as described this could affect more than 50 million people along the east coast. we've got all of this covered, including the political ramifications of the storm, in the coming days as we are just nine days to go until the election. i want to go live first to asbury park on the new jersey shore where nbc's al roker will take us through the latest. g including, al, what you were talking about yesterday, which is we could see the aftereffects of the storm right...
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the kind of damage that sandy created. over my shoulder here, you're looking at one of the strongest storms to go through the mid-atlantic region and caused the most destruction of our lifetime. this has never happened for a storm like this in the jersey shore of this intensity. lowest pressure readings ever in philadelphia and atlantic city, new jersey, and the storm surge, the highest ever measured in areas like new york city. that is so rare. and the effects we're just beginning to realize. and wait until we find out how long it's going to take for the new york subway to get running again. let's take you through the concerns this morning. 95% of the damage has been done. we still have a little bit more damage to be done at this early high tide cycle, especially as we go throughout northern portions of the forecast area, that's up along the connecticut coast. possibly around long island and the new york city harbor. that's at 9:07 this morning. also, we now have 7 million people without power as we head toward november a
the kind of damage that sandy created. over my shoulder here, you're looking at one of the strongest storms to go through the mid-atlantic region and caused the most destruction of our lifetime. this has never happened for a storm like this in the jersey shore of this intensity. lowest pressure readings ever in philadelphia and atlantic city, new jersey, and the storm surge, the highest ever measured in areas like new york city. that is so rare. and the effects we're just beginning to realize....
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we're keeping a close eye on hurricane sandy. it's making its presence felt along the eastern seaboard and has a long way to go before it's gone. the center of the storm is expected to be near the mid-atlantic coast monday night. major flooding and power outages are expected to impact millions of residents on the east coast. airlines already have canceled thousands of flights with more expected. let's go ahead and bring in our meteorologist bill karins with the latest on the track of the storm. what's it looking like? >> the storm is still on track for destiny along the jersey shore but spreading all the way from central new england all the way down through the carolinas and everyone within that range needs to expect power outages to be widespread. now, you can notice the radar rain loss will be an issue especially in the delmarva area and delaware and maryland. winds are howling up to 20 to 30 miles per hour and only gets worse during the day. once it hits 40 or 50 miles per hour is when we'll start to see power outages become m
we're keeping a close eye on hurricane sandy. it's making its presence felt along the eastern seaboard and has a long way to go before it's gone. the center of the storm is expected to be near the mid-atlantic coast monday night. major flooding and power outages are expected to impact millions of residents on the east coast. airlines already have canceled thousands of flights with more expected. let's go ahead and bring in our meteorologist bill karins with the latest on the track of the storm....
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hurricane sandy leaving its mark. we'll be right back. stay tuned for more on "morning joe." >>> welcome back to "morning joe." time to talk about what we learned today. willie? >> i learned sometimes these things are overhyped, and they have been in the past. but this one if you talk to anybody, bill karins, it sounds very serious, so take every precaution. >> mike? >> i learned that my anowance level knows no bounds when it comes to people who go to the beach and try to surf and take pictures of these 15-foot waves. you could get in trouble. >> bill karins, unflappable national treasure. >> bill karins. >> he is. i think harry truman was the first to call bill karins a national treasure. and it's the one thing -- >> i think you're right. >> no matter
hurricane sandy leaving its mark. we'll be right back. stay tuned for more on "morning joe." >>> welcome back to "morning joe." time to talk about what we learned today. willie? >> i learned sometimes these things are overhyped, and they have been in the past. but this one if you talk to anybody, bill karins, it sounds very serious, so take every precaution. >> mike? >> i learned that my anowance level knows no bounds when it comes to people who go...
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you can say it's sandy, but he caught the last break and if there is anybody with a little bit of an advantage, it appears he has it >> howard? >> before i came on the air, i checked in with the top guns in both campaigns. my sense is trying to read between the lines of the e-mails. the obama people are a little more confident right now. the romney people keep harping on pennsylvania, on the idea if they can't win ohio's 18 electoral votes they can substitute it with 20 from pennsylvania. i've been told that the president is not going to pennsylvania but bill clinton will be in pennsylvania tomorrow. the obama people are confident enough about the flanks maneuver that romney is trying in pennsylvania not to bother sending the president there. the president will be in ohio tomorrow, which is his center of gravity and has been from the beginning. that's the electoral college reason, because without ohio and pennsylvania, it's virtually impossible for romney to get it done. >> i can give you the same reporting. they don't want it to look like romney has something going in pennsylvania.
you can say it's sandy, but he caught the last break and if there is anybody with a little bit of an advantage, it appears he has it >> howard? >> before i came on the air, i checked in with the top guns in both campaigns. my sense is trying to read between the lines of the e-mails. the obama people are a little more confident right now. the romney people keep harping on pennsylvania, on the idea if they can't win ohio's 18 electoral votes they can substitute it with 20 from...